Courtesy of uranusdd on weibo, we have our first look at the third figure from TFC Prometheus, a homage to Generation 1 Defensor. This figure has been named “First Response” which is TFC version of First Aid. Stay tuned to see more from this set as we get more info and news we will have it here.

It looks like another third party company is getting in on the masterpiece action. Courtesy of the Kapow Toys Facebook page we have some first pictures of what appears to be a Masterpiece style homage to Generation 1 Brawn by a new company called Bad Cube.

Pictures are starting to surface from this year’s Summer Wonder Festival in Japan! Thanks to AmiAmi’s Twitter page we have our first look at a near-final D-Style Optimus Prime from Kotobukiya. This is also the first look at this release’s accessories: namely Optimus Prime’s trademark Energon Axe, Rifle, an alternate pointing hand and a miniature version of Optimus Prime’s vehicle form. Stay tuned to TFW2005 over the weekend as more news from Wonder Festival hits. [Read more…]

Toymaker Takara Tomy is re-imagining Optimus Prime as a heroic robot that transforms into the original PlayStation for a new toy that will release next year.

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan and Takara Tomy announced the “Optimus Prime featuring Original PlayStation” today as part of a dual anniversary celebration: 2014 marks the 30 year anniversary of Transformers and the 20 year anniversary of the PlayStation brand.

Not only can you have PlayStation Optimus prime to add to your collection, you can also have his rival and arch nemesis Mega drive Megatron and let the game consoles battle over control of the universe! PlayStation Optimus Prime is scheduled for an early 2015 release. Don’t miss out on these great transforming additions.

Transformers Asia have released a new teaser of Optimus Prime. Not much is known at this time about what this will be exactly but stay tuned as I’m sure more will be revealed! The teaser implies we’ll learn more at ACG Hong Kong this weekend.